Howard Finster
Howard Finster
Howard Finsterwas an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Gardens, a folk art sculpture garden with over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations include outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art. Finster first came to widespread notice in the 1980s with his album cover designs for R.E.M. and Talking Heads...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth2 December 1916
CountryUnited States of America
My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.
Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.
I took the pieces you threw away, put them together by night and day. Washed by the rain. Dried by the sun. A million pieces all in one.
And since they wasn't able to turn my art over, I sort of just switched off to Phyllis Kind, she's really my agent. She has a gallery in Chicago.